We have been holding this newsletter back as
we hoped to have news about some different eyes one of our suppliers has
been promising us since November. Unfortunately they still do not have
them in stock and quite a few of the existing colours are also out of
stock

Please keep an eye on the Forum for when we
do get some details - we can't wait

NEW ITEMS

As usual - the following items were noted on
the Customer Forum when they went
online.

We
always put a good mix of designs in these packs and only one of each
motif per pack. Most designs are exclusive to these packs

COMING SOON

We have a few items which are waiting to be
put online. These include Sequin Packs, more colours in Flat Leather
Thonging, Round Leather Thonging and Cotton Cord, new colours in Pony
Bead Shapes, Skull Beads, Charms, Keyrings, Zip Pulls, Mini Motifs and
lots of other beads. We really hope these will be put online very soon -
please let us know if anything sounds interesting and keep an eye on the
Forum for more info. We have also been looking at supplying jewellery
making tools and more findings - what do you think?

If you want to comment on anything about our
Newsletter / website / stock please email us at
or add a message on the Customer Forum.

Any UK order placed before
6pm on Thursday 19th December 2013 will be sent on
Friday 20th December by First Class Post.

As regular customers will know, we have our
Annual (only) Holiday just after Xmas as that is the quietest time for
our sort of business. This does mean we are not able to send out any
orders until we get back, but the Shopping Basket will be open so you
can still order at any time. We may have a backlog but hope to get the
majority of orders placed over the holidays out on the day we re-open
(8th January). With how Christmas day falls this year it does mean we
are closed for almost 3 weeks.

We should have some Internet access while we
are away and will try to answer emails, but it may take a few days if we
are having fun, so please be patient

CRAFT KITS WEBSITE

The following new kits have been put on our
Craft Kits site in the last few months.

Don't forget that
www.craft-kits.co.uk
also has lots of other Stocking Filler Kits for kids of all ages plus some
great beginner kits. Order before 6pm on Thursday 19th December
for sending out on Friday by First Class Post (UK only). Orders which only
contain Mouseloft Kits can be
placed up to 1pm on Friday 20th December.

We also have a 15% Discount Voucher Offer
for some of the other kits on the Craft Kits website - check out the Sale Page for more
information -
ends Thursday 19th December.

There is a Fun and Games Section on the CK website
which is just for fun, but you can add your high score to the list on
some game to see if you can beat other CPU Customers.

Finally, everyone
at Craft Bits, Craft Kits, Dianne's Knitting Yarns and CPU would like to
wish you all good health and prosperity over this holiday time and in
2014.

Webmaster
Craft Bits
CPU Enterprises

16.12.13

Summer 2013 -
Newsletter

With the school holidays fast approaching,
now is the time to stock up on things for the kids to do just in case
this lovely weather does not last

We have found kits are one of the best ways
to get children into crafting, which is why we started the Craft Kits website. More info on
a special offer voucher further down this newsletter.

We are in the process of getting some new
items in stock, hopefully in the next month. These should include some
of the items mentioned in our last Newsletter - more sizes in coloured
Jingle Bells, Alphabet Beads, Wooden Beads, different Pony Beads, Skull
Beads and some new Stitch Cards (probably on the Craft-Kits site).

We hope to visit the Autumn Fair in
Birmingham in September, quite a lot of it is dedicated to gifts and
household, but one Hall is for crafts. We have not been before so hope
to find some new suppliers - if you have any suggestions for what we
could stock then please let us know.

Our Iron On Motif selection has grown so
much we have had to add more pages. We have also added a new page which
shows all the Iron On Motifs
(except alphabet and numbers) on one page. They are grouped into
sections like Baby, Dogs, Vehicles, Flowers, Sport, Flags etc.

If you want to comment on this or anything
else about our Newsletter / website / stock please email us at
or add a message on the Customer Forum.

NEW ITEMS

As usual - the following items were noted on
the Customer Forum when they went
online.

In April we amended our Card Payment Opening
hours - this was noted in the Shopping Basket and in our Customer Forum.

The Secure Shopping Basket is open 24/7 so
you can order at any time. If you chose the 'phone your card details'
option the Card Payment Line is open Tuesdays and Fridays from 9am to
3pm
and Saturdays from 11am to 2pm.

Parcels are picked up by Royal Mail on
Tuesdays and Fridays, so any UK order placed before 6pm on the day
before those days should be sent on those days.

If you need any more info about this, or
anything else, your quickest option is to send us an email - we aim to answer emails
same day and often within the hour.

CRAFT KITS WEBSITE

We currently have a Sale Discount Code
for the following kits - ends 31st July 2013

After
shopping put the code KITS0713 into the Voucher Box at the
bottom of the Shopping Basket and hit the RECALCULATE button.

20th March was the Spring Equinox, but there
are very few signs of Spring out in the garden as it is all covered in
snow. We have been very lucky in this area - our thoughts go out to all
those who are dealing with vast quantities of snow and water. We hope
you all come through this Spring without too many problems.

In February we visited the Stitches Trade
Show in Birmingham to see if we could find anything new for all three of
the CPU Enterprises Websites. We are still evaluating the things we
saw, but thought we would share some of them with you to see what you
think.

Does anyone remember doing Shrinkies
when they were kids? You colour them in, cut them out and then bake
them. They shrink right down and get thicker, you can then use them for
fridge magnets, keyrings etc. We didn't realise they were still going
and were pleasantly surprised by how good they look now. They have
really been updated and even have Inkjet sheets you can put your family
photos on before shrinking down. Do you think we should get them in?

Another supplier we have been looking at has
a few things we might be interested in. We currently sell silver and
gold 6mm Jingle Bells but this new
supplier has them in different colours in 6mm and 8mm diameter. We have
been asked for Alphabet beads a few times lately and this supplier does
have some, plus some wooden beads we liked. They also have some really
nice stitch cards - not cross stitch - you actually stitch through the
cards. These would be put on our
Craft Kits Website initially. What do you think?

Talking of Kits - the new Mouseloft range -
Little Dog - is now available
on the Craft Kits Website, along with
some new Tiddlers and Stitchlets. Full details below.

Our Iron On Motifs selection
has grown so much over the last year we have had to put them onto more
pages. We thought long and hard on how to split them, type or size or
price, and finally went with the latter. We may have to split them again
if we get many more. Can you think of anything more we can do on these
pages to make it easier for you to find what you want?

When we ordered the Teddy Alphabet Iron On Motifs
from our supplier we assumed they would be one colour per letter - like
the other ranges. However they came in all different colours which we
though would be too difficult to show online. We had a couple of
customers ask for specific colours, so we have now bit the bullet and
put all the colours online. It took a few 'Webmaster days' but we think
it is worth it - however they are now "while
stocks last"
as the supplier has now stopped selling them - probably had too many
requests for certain colours

If you want to comment on this or anything
else about our Newsletter / website / stock please email us at or add a message on the Customer Forum.

NEW ITEMS

As usual - the following items were noted on
the Customer Forum when they went
online.

White only in 14TPI, 16TPI and 18TPI - Pack sizes 150cm x
100cm - If you need smaller packs then let us know and we will see what
we can do.

EASTER & SCHOOL HOLIDAY OPENING HOURS

As many of you know, for various reasons
(detailed on the
CPU Blog), we only send out parcels on three days a
week -Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

At certain times of the year we are only
able to send out parcels on two days a week - these include around Bank
Holidays and, because we are a family run business, it also includes
some School Holidays. We like to give everyone plenty of time with the
kids

We also have to do a stock take every year
at the end of March. It takes quite a long time and no orders can be
sent out while we are counting. This year it coincides with Easter so
has been delayed until 2nd April. Therefore we will be closed an extra
day after the Easter Bank Holidays. The last order time for posting
out before Easter is 6pm on Wednesday 27th March (UK only).

A full list of the Card Payment phone line
opening hours are shown in the Customer Forum Messages Section
and will be at the top of the shopping basket during holiday times.
Quick Tip - The phone lines are usually open on the same days that we
send parcels out - except Saturdays when we open the phone line while we
are doing paperwork

Remember - the quickest way to get an answer
is by email - the phone line staff do not always know everything about
the stock on the Craft Bits site.

CRAFT KITS WEBSITE

The following new kits have been put on our
Craft Kits site in the last few months.

We hope you are all ready for the madness
that descends upon us at this time of year, but don't forget to give
yourselves space to continue to create. We know many customers are
making more presents and decorations themselves this year as a way of
saving money. Hopefully this will also encourage the younger generation
to re-discover crafts as a wonderfully relaxing way to spend their time.

Craft Kits are one of the easiest ways to
try a craft without spending too much on lots of bits and bobs. Our Craft-Kits website has some great kits
for kids and some wonderful 'handbag' kits for when you just have a few
moments free.

If you are more than a beginner then Craft Bits has lots of
those bits and bobs to help you along. We have always specialised in
small packs and will continue to do so. So if you just want one Jingle Bell or Magnetic Square, then Craft
Bits can help.

If you want to comment on this or anything
else about our Newsletter / website / stock please email us at
or add a message on the Customer Forum.

NEW ITEMS

As usual - the following items were noted on
the Customer Forum when they went
online.

The Royal Mail last posting dates for
delivery before Xmas have been posted on the Craft Bits Forum Message Section.
You can also get to the information on the home page or on the following
link -
https://www.craftbits.co.uk/open.htm. We have put a note of
our opening hours over the holidays in the forum and the Shopping Basket
will have full details nearer the time.

As regular customers will know, we have our
Annual (only) Holiday just after Xmas as that is the quietest time for
our sort of business. This does mean we are not able to send out any
orders until we get back, but the Shopping Basket will be open so you
can still order at any time. We may have a backlog but hope to get the
majority of orders placed over the holidays out on the day we re-open
(9th January). With how Christmas day is falling this year it does mean
we are closed for almost 3 weeks.

We should have some Internet access while we
are away and will try to answer emails, but it may take a few days if we
are having fun, so please be patient

CRAFT KITS WEBSITE

The following new kits have been put on our
Craft Kits site in the last few months.

Finally, everyone at Craft Bits, Craft Kits,
Dianne's Knitting Yarns and CPU would like to wish you all good health
and prosperity over this holiday time and in 2013.

Webmaster
Craft Bits
CPU Enterprises

02.12.12

Summer 2012 -
Newsletter

With the summer holidays just around the
corner, and the weather not looking too good, finding things to do
indoors is a must. Crafts are one of the best ways to fill your time and
that of your children - much better than watching TV or playing 'Video
Games', which can be quite isolating.

Craft Kits is one of the easiest way to try
a craft without spending too much on lots of bits and bobs. Our Craft-Kits website has some great kits for
kids and some wonderful 'handbag' kits for when you just have a few
moments free.

If you are more than a beginner then Craft Bits
has lots of bits and bobs to help you along. We have always specialised
in small packs and will continue to do so. So if you just want one pair
of Teddy Eyes
or one Brooch Back, then Craft Bits can
help.

If you want to comment on this or anything
else about our Newsletter / website / stock please email us at
or add a message on the Customer Forum.

NEW ITEMSAs usual - the
following items were noted on the Customer
Forum when they went online.

SUMMER OPENING HOURS During the
summer months, especially during school holidays, our Card Payment
Opening Hours do change. We also occasionally have staffing issues which
means we have to change the days we send out parcels etc. Full details
of the Card Payment Opening Hours are stated in the Customer Forum Messages section. They are
also noted in the Shopping Basket for each week ahead.

If you need an answer to any question
quickly then email is always the best option. Even when our office is
closed we do check emails regularly and answer as soon as we can.

CRAFT KITS WEBSITEThe following
new kits have been put on our Craft Kits site in the last few weeks - some
are limited availability so buy while you can.

As many of you know, we have been low on
stock of quite a few items because one of our suppliers went 'under'. We
now have the following (mainly) back in stock -
Liberty Bells, Ceramic
Magnets,
Stems and Metallic Elastic
Beading Cord. However the
following will no longer be available when they have sold out -
Trimits Pearls, Wooden Beads,
Sequins and
Feathers.

Prices are rising everywhere and we are
trying desperately to keep ours down. A couple of our suppliers have
recently hiked their prices by unacceptable amounts, so we are looking
for a new supplier forKey Rings and
Whisker Noses. If we can't find
better prices elsewhere we will buy some at the higher price, but the
price online will have to go up

NEW ITEMSAs usual - the following items were noted on the
Customer Forum when they went online.

If you want to comment on this or anything
else about our Newsletter / website / stock please email us at
or add a message on the Customer Forum.

ROYAL MAIL PRICE INCREASESRoyal Mail have told us that their prices are increasing in April
and, more worryingly, they are changing the Packets price bands. They
are making all parcels up to 750g the same price instead of 4 price
bands. This means sending one pair of 30mm eyes will cost us the same to
send as a pack of 50 pairs. Unfortunately they will not be telling us
the new prices until the week before they go up. We may have to look at
putting the P+P prices up, which we have not done for 3 years. A post
about this will be put on our
Customer Forum shortly - please feel free
to comment.

OPENING HOURS The CB warehouse and the CPU Office are both closed on Bank
Holidays. However we usually open the phone lines on the day before, or
after, to compensate. We also have to do a stock take at the end of
March which does take a very long time and no orders can be sent out
while we are doing that.

Full details of the Card Payment Opening
Hours are stated in the Customer Forum
Messages section. They will also be noted in the Shopping Basket for
each week ahead.

Because of the stock take we will not be
ordering from our suppliers now until April. If something does go out of
stock we will note it on the website. We apologise for any inconvenience
this may cause.

CRAFT KITS WEBSITEThe following new kits have been put on our Craft Kits site in the last few
months.

We have been asked by customers to be able
to combine orders from Craft Bits and
Craft Kits. This is not possible at
the moment but we will be putting some of the kits on the Craft Bits
site shortly. Please let us know which ones you are most interested in.

There is a Fun and Games Section on the CK
website and the new games we added a couple of months ago are proving
really popular - more coming soon. They are just for fun but you can add
your high score to the list and see if you can beat other CPU Customers.

We have been putting off sending this
newsletter for a couple of weeks. As some of you will know, one of our
main suppliers has gone into liquidation which has caused us some stock
problems. We were hoping to have news on new suppliers by now, but are
still struggling to find all the items we want. We didn't want to put
off sending this email much longer so please keep an eye on our forum
for more news over the next few weeks. year.

XMAS/NEW YEAR HOLIDAY OPENING HOURSThe next newsletter will be in the new year so, even though it feels
too early to think of Xmas, we thought we should give you the holiday
closing dates.

The Craft Bits Warehouse will be closed
from 21st December to 6th January, last posting dates will be noted in
the Forum Messages section as soon as
they have been finalised.

CRAFT KITS WEBSITEThere is a Fun and Games Section on the CK
website and we have just added a couple of new games. They are just for
fun but you can add your high score to the list and see if you can beat
other CPU Customers.

We have been having problems with the
programme we use to send out newsletters, so we have decided to combine
the Spring and Summer updates.

There has not been much new on the Craft
Bits website since the Update in February. We have been concentrating on
getting new items onto the Craft Kits website - full details
at the end of this update.

There are a great deal of different
Iron On Motifsavailable from
our suppliers and we hope we have a good selection online. We have just
added 9 new ones, including a very large frog, if there are any subjects
or types you would like us to get then please let us know.

NEW ITEMS
As usual - the following items were noted on the
Customer Forum when they went online.

If you want to comment on this or anything
else about our Newsletter / website / stock please email us at
or add a message on the Customer Forum.

SUMMER HOLIDAY OPENING HOURS
The Craft Bits Warehouse will be closed for a week in June, this has
been noted in the Forum Messages
section for a while.

UK Orders placed before 6pm on Thursday
16th June 2011 should be sent on Friday 17th June. Orders placed after
that time may not be sent until Monday 27th June 2011. We are sorry for
any inconvenience this may cause.

The shopping basket will still be active
and the CPU Card Payment Phone Line will also be open as normal. However
they will not be able to answer any questions about Craft Bits orders or
stock. We will be answering emails while the CB Warehouse is closed, so
if you have any questions please email
us as normal.

EXIT PAGE SURVEY
If you have ordered in the last 2 years you will have noticed a Survey
link on the Exit Page of the Shopping Basket. We have now finally
collated the results up to April 2011 and put them online for everyone
to see. You can get to the results via the
Info Link on the website and they
should be updated every couple of months.

There were a lot of questions and comments
asked by customers on the survey, so we have answered as many as we can
on the result pages. We will also be creating a Frequently Asked
Questions page shortly, so if there is any info you think should be
included in that FAQ page please let us know by email.

CRAFT KITS WEBSITE
Quite a few new kits went online in the last
couple of months, plus we are fully restocked with Daisy Designs too. We really like
the
DIY Fashion Jewellery Kits and have
put some extra pictures online so you can see exactly what you get - but
pictures still do not do the quality of the beads and findings justice.

Details went on the DKY Forum and Craft Bits
Forum when these kits went online.

We would like to thank all our customers
for bearing with us over the long holiday closure after Xmas. As many of
you know, this is when we take our main holiday - tacked onto the end of
the Xmas Bank Holidays. Next year we will not be closed as long, but we
may be closed for a week in June - a warm weather holiday will be most
welcome

NEW ITEMS
The only new item this quarter is a new addition to our Iron On Letter Motifs. The new
Sequin designs are bright and sparkly with each letter in one of six
different colours. We think they would look best as perhaps the Initial
letter of a name mixed with the pink or black letters we already have in
stock. They are slightly more expensive but they really do stand out.

This month we have also changed the pack
size available in the Pearl Elastic
Cords. Previously the Pearl colour was only available in full
reels, all sizes (0.5mm, 0.7mm and 1mm) are now available in packs of 3m
too.

STITCHES TRADE SHOW
The main reason for sending out this email today is to let you know we
will be visiting the Stitches Trade Show in Birmingham on Tuesday 22nd
February. We will be searching for new items for all three CPU
Enterprise websites - Craft Bits, Dianne's Knitting Yarns and Craft Kits. If there is anything
specific you would like us to look out for then please let us know asap.
You can email us, leave a note
on the CB Forum or, if it is knitting
related, post on the DKY Forum.

We always pick up lots of catalogues, so
even if you think of something after Tuesday we may be able to check
those for you. It is a very long day with lots of walking and talking
(and heavy catalogues to carry) but we think it is worth while. Two
years ago we found a supplier of
Pony Bead lacing which has been one of our most popular lines.
We also see all the new Mouseloft Kit Designs (on Craft Kits Website) in the 'flesh'
and decide which ones to stock in the following year. Not many of our
suppliers have Reps any more so it is the only time we actually meet the
people on the other end of the phone.

CONTACT DETAILS PAGE
We have upgraded the Contact Details
page to give you more info on all the different ways you can contact us
or give us feedback on how we are doing. That page includes some of the
following.

CB Forum
- We update this every time a new item goes online so it is the quickest
way of finding out what is going on. Plus you can post your questions to
us or other forum members. We also post important announcements about
opening hours etc.

CB Guestbook - On our Guestbook you can leave us feedback on the
delivery of your order, including how quickly it arrived. If you are new
to CB please take a look at the testimonials on there.

CB Newsletters
- If you have missed a past newsletter you can find them online.

CB Exit Survey - if you have
ordered from us recently then you probably know all about this - it is a
basic survey which you can take after you order to let us know how the
website performed for you. The results will be available from time to
time on the Forum and the Info page.

We hope you are happy with the direction
we are going in and really do look forward to hearing from you all by email or any of the
means above

Webmaster
Craft Bits
CPU Enterprises

20.02.11

Autumn 2010 -
Newsletter

Sorry this update is quite a bit later
than usual. We have been so busy we just haven't had time to do much
except get the orders out. But as usual at this time of year with just a
couple of weeks till Xmas, trade has dropped enough to give us time to
write this update. Incidentally we have just had our best few months
ever and would like to thank everyone for their custom - we must be
doing something right

We have not had many new items since the
last update, but have made a few observations on the direction Craft
Bits seems to be going and therefore some decisions on stocks. We sell
as many of our items in small packs as we can and will continue to do so
as that seems to be what many customers require. We are also selling
quite a few larger packs now so will always try to stock those where
space allows.

If you want to comment on this or anything
else about our Newsletter / website / stock please email us at
or add a message on the Customer Forum.

HOLIDAY OPENING HOURS & LAST POSTING DATES

We have put a link on the Home Page to a
list of the last posting dates for Xmas, that info is also on the
Forum
in the Messages section.

We have also put details of our opening
hours for over Xmas / New Year Holidays on the
Forum and a link to them will be put on the main page shortly.
Basically we will be closing at 6pm on Tuesday 21st December 2010 and
will fully re-open on Wednesday 12th January 2011 - we will not be open
at all between those dates. Opening Hours will be noted in the Shopping
Basket during those weeks.

As regular customers will know, we have
our Annual Holidays just after Xmas as that is the quietest time for our
sort of business. This does mean we are not able to send out any orders
until we get back, but the Shopping Basket will be open so you can still
order at any time. We may have a backlog but hope to get the majority of
orders placed over the holidays out on the day we re-open.

Last year we got stuck in the snow and did
have to extend the holiday slightly, but we do have internet access
there so will try and keep you up to date on any changes. We will try to
answer emails while we are closed, but it may take a few days if we are
having fun, so please be patient

CRAFT KITS WEBSITE

Don't forget that www.craft-kits.co.uk has lots of
Pocket Money Kits for kids of all ages plus some great beginner kits. We
have put 41 new kits from the Mouseloft Stitchlets Range online
since the last Update. There are a good variety of subjects from Wizards
to Steam Trains and Meerkats to Pandas.

We hope you are happy with the new
direction we are going in and really do look forward to hearing from you
all - by email,
Guestbook or on the Customer Forum.

Finally, everyone
at Craft Bits, Craft Kits and CPU would like to wish you all good health
and prosperity over this holiday time and in the new year.

Webmaster
Craft Bits
CPU Enterprises

11.12.10

Summer 2010 -
Newsletter

Welcome to our Summer Newsletter.

We have just had some of our busiest
months ever with Teddy Eyes,
Jingle Bells and
Iron On Motifs being the most
popular items at the moment. We are also pleased that the new
Felt
Suppliers colours seem to be selling quite well.
Pony Beads continue to be popular but
we have had a problem with our supplier not being able to keep up with
demand. We have managed to get some elsewhere to tide us over and hope
to be fully stocked shortly. One downside of being busy is that we sell
out of some things quickly but don't have time to order more - we will
just have to get more organised
.

NEW ITEMS

Not many new items have been added over
the last few months as we have been so busy - plus most of the suppliers
bring out new stuff earlier in the year. Some have just brought out
their Xmas Lines so we will be checking those out very shortly.

We were asked to get a couple more colours
in the 3mm
Nylon Cord which we duly did - Purple
and Wine - available in packs of 3m and on 25m reels. There is a link to
a picture of other colours we could get in stock on the Nylon Page, so
please take a look and let us know if we don't stock the one you want
yet.

Iron-on
Motifs are getting more and more popular so we have expanded the
range again with another 20 going online in the last 2 months. All the
new ones were shown on the Customer Forum
at the time and there are some nice Adult ones including some lovely
dogs & 'green' logos. Unfortunately, some of the ones we didn't think
would sell that well (so only brought a couple) were the first to go. We
are ordering again very shortly so if there is a design type you think
we should include please let us know and we will see if we can get some.

COMING SOON

We have quite a few other items which we
just have not had time to do - regular readers of the newsletters will
recognise most of them
.
Because the website is done in-house it does take time to hand code the
pages and get the pictures right. The following items will be online as
soon as we can.

We will be starting a Facebook Page
shortly but you can get some general info about Craft Bits from the CPU Enterprises Facebook Page. In
the meantime you can leave feedback on our service on our
Guestbook page. If you have feedback or requests for us other
than about our service then please use our
Customer Forum or email
us.

Best Regards

Craft Bits
CPU Enterprises

04.08.10

Spring 2010 -
Newsletter

Well I hope you are all enjoying our
unpredictable Spring weather, it seems to be getting colder rather than
warmer

We would like to thank all our customers
for bearing with us over the Easter weekend. There were a few technical
problems which took most of that 'holiday' weekend to sort out. There is
more info on exactly what the problem was on the Forum under Messages.

NEW ITEMS

We have managed to get back in stock a
couple of items that we thought we could not get again. One of the most
popular items during the last year was the Pony Bead Lacing. These had
been initially brought as a 'Stitches Show' special offer last year and
we had assumed the supplier would have sold out by now. But at this
years show we asked anyway and they said 'yes we have some left', so we
brought some more - we didn't quite get the same deal on all the items
but we have left the price the same online.

The other big news this Quarter is that we
have eventually got the new Felt Supplier sorted and all the new colours
are now online. As we have a few different types of Felt now (Plain,
Glitter,
Self Adhesive,
Mixed Packs) it will shortly have
its own section on the website rather than being under the 'other items'
banner.

If you want to comment on this or anything
else about our Newsletter / website / stock please email us at
or add a message on the Customer Forum.

OPENING HOURS

At this time of year there are a lot of
Bank Holidays and we try to keep the opening hours up to date in the
Shopping Basket. We also note opening hours in the forum as early as we
can.

Occasionally we do also have unforeseen
circumstances when we have to alter opening hours, so do please check
the Basket link on the website for the most up to date info before
phoning. Remember - the quickest way to get an answer is to email us -
we check emails all the time and answer them as quickly as we can.

CRAFT KITS WEBSITE

The following new items have been put on
the CPU Craft Kits website (www.craft-kits.co.uk
) since the last newsletter.

We hope you are happy with the direction
we are going in and really do look forward to hearing from you all - by email, Guestbook or on the
Customer Forum.

Webmaster
Craft Bits
CPU Enterprises

13.05.10

Winter 2010 -
Newsletter

Welcome to our Winter Newsletter - and it
certainly feels like winter as I write this. It has been snowing all day
and we have a thick covering over everything now. Yes it looks wonderful
..... but we just got our Gas Bill :-(

On the up side - it seems to have prompted people to stay in and craft,
which has given us our best January ever despite being closed for the
first week due to our Annual Holiday.

Some of you may know that we got snowed in while we were on holiday in
January which caused a bit of a back log - we thank everyone for their
patience.

NEW ITEMS

The Iron-on Motifs page we put
online a while ago have had new designs added quite often - these are
always great for jazzing up old clothes. We also now have some Letters online too. They come in
Pink or Black and you can buy whichever colour or letters you like to
make up your own designs. At 2.8cm (just over one inch) they are the
perfect size for adding to tee-shirts etc.

One of our biggest sellers are Teddy Eyes - we have as many sizes and
colours as we can get our hands on. When we saw a new size (6mm) in
black we thought "they have to be too small to be popular" but we
brought a couple of packs anyway. Wow!! We were amazed when they flew
out the door and sold out very quickly. We ordered 10 times as many but
the supplier only sent half and they soon sold out too. Next time we
trebled our order but still only got a few packs from the supplier -
they just can't keep up with demand. There are some in stock at the
moment and we are ordering again soon - if we can get other colours too
we will.

Most of the 'while stocks last'felt we have is almost gone but we have
a new supplier we hope to order from next week. In the meantime we
brought some mixed packs but they
soon sold out, and again our supplier couldn't re-stock us. However we
do have some Glitter Felt in 6 colours which are
quite nice.

Swivel Clips are now back in stock
- sorry for the delay. We have also got some in a larger size too. Plus
all colours of Mobile Phone Cords
are back in stock.

We have some new Easter Foam Sticker packs now online - Bunnies and
Ducks with various other objects.

A full list of all the new items are
below, they were all noted on the Customer
Forum when they went online.

We have quite a few other items which we
just have not had time to do. Because the website is done in-house it
does take time to hand code the pages and get the pictures right. The
following items will be online as soon as we can.

We had been asked in the Exit Page Survey
for a Guestbook so you can give us feedback about our service and let us
know you received your parcel. We set one up a little while ago and it
seems to be working well. It can be found
HERE, plus there is a
link in the 'parcel sent' email we send out, on the
Info Page on our website and there
is also a link when you click the Forum link. You do not need to add
your email address, or even your full name, but please state your order
number so we know which parcel you received.

If you have feedback or requests for us
other than about our service then please use our
Customer Forum or email us.

CRAFT KITS WEBSITE

Don't forget that
www.craft-kits.co.uk has lots of
Pocket Money Kits for kids of all ages plus some great beginner kits. We
have a long list of items which we received 2 days before Xmas but just
haven't had time to put online. If you are interested in any of the
following please let us know and we will move it to the top of the 'to
do' list.

If you want to comment on anything in this
Newsletter or anything else about our website / stock please email us at
or add a message on the Customer Forum
- we really do look forward to hearing from you all.